The search for authentic New York-style pizza in Jacksonville, for many, is a mission similar in passion to the hunt for the Holy Grail.
A family-owned pizzeria launched 45 years ago in Rochester, N.Y., hopes to become that long-sought destination in Northeast Florida.
Known for its traditional New York-style specialty pizzas, huge slices and giant sheet pan pies, Salvatore’s Old Fashioned Pizzeria plans to open Tuesday at 4820 Deer Lake Drive W., Suite D-11, in Tapestry Park off Southside Boulevard.
The pizzeria is Salvatore’s first location outside of New York. The Tapestry Park restaurant is next door to Tikka Bowls And Tacos and an easy walk to III Forks Steakhouse and Another Broken Egg .
Tapestry Park is the first of multiple locations planned in Florida in the next few years as the pizzeria expands nationwide. Franchise owner Ferdinand Formoso and his wife, Elisa, have the restaurant’s statewide franchise rights, said Formoso, a Jacksonville physician and president of the Duval County Medical Society.